Sunday night, a Southwest Airlines
flight from Chicago landed at an airport in southwest Missouri. Only
one problem: The pilots accidentally landed at the wrong southwest
Missouri airport, which just happened to have a short runway that ended with a
cliff.

"Welcome to Branson," the pilot
said, according to passengers, before apologizing a few minutes later. "I'm sorry, ladies and gentleman.
We have landed at the wrong airport."

The flight was supposed to land at
Branson Airport—which features a runway long enough for the Boeing
737— but for reasons that still aren't clear, the plane instead landed at M.
Graham Clark Downtown Aiport, which is about 7 miles away from
Branson and—with a runway approximately half as long as
Branson's—was built for much smaller planes.

"I thought it was a military plane because it's so loud," one witness told CNN. "This airport takes small planes ... nothing to the level or volume of that plane."

According to authorities, the plane
stopped just 300 feet before the runway's end. And good thing—the
runway ends with a steep drop off that leads to U.S. Highway 65.

"Really happy (the) pilot applied
brakes the way he did," said Scott Schieffer, one of 124
passengers aboard Southwest Flight 4013, told CNN. "Who knows
what would have happened?"

There were no injuries, and the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have launched an investigation.